About

Yulia Kovanova‘s work aims to investigate the complex relationship between humans and nature. Taking inspiration from the landscape and the world around, Yulia aims to create multisensory interactive experiences exploring movement. Her work is a mixture of painting, printmaking and interactive installations using video.

Projects

About

Yulia Kovanova is a Russian-British multimedia artist working within the framework of environmental philosophy.

The overall exploration within her art practice concerns the ideas of movement, borders and boundaries, and perception. Taking inspiration from landscape, Yulia aims to create multimedia experiences exploring movement.

Originally from Siberia in the far east of Russia, Yulia is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied art, linguistics and cultural studies in Russia. She achieved MFA in ‘Art, Space & Nature’ at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.

Latest Works

Experimental documentary short film, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 and nominated for BAFTA Scotland 2017. Breaking from daily reality, a man transforms into Plastic Man – armed with chemicals, ready to set landscape on fire. Is he the destroyer of Nature, or the voice of its resilience? […]

TONN (meaning ‘wave’ in Scottish Gaelic) is a light, sound and poetry installation in the city centre of Nagoya, at the Oasis 21 transport interchange. This multi-media public art piece brings the experience of Scottish waves translated through the movement of light, poetry and sound, to create a performance that […]

Exploring the life of something other-than-human offers an opportunity to get closer to the intricate balance of natural forces on which life is built. Yulia was commissioned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to create bird sculptures to be placed on a wildlife reserve to attract a colony […]

DOT is a transitional space that plays with the boundaries of perception. It is created by artists Yulia Kovanova and Kenny Lam in collaboration with sound artist Lars Koens as an atmospheric space somewhere between wakefulness and dreaming, as a compelling experience of the ‘uncanny’; of the familiar yet incongruous, a […]

An exhibition of work by MA/MFA students in Art, Space & Nature at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh: Russell Beard Yulia Kovanova Olivia Tutton & Alex Hackett Will Urmston This exhibition is a result of a research project initiated by Ronald Binnie exploring alternatives to anthropocentric culture […]

Yulia and Yurika had never met before, and they wouldn’t ever have if they had different names, looks, or chosen occupations. Yet, the similar sounding names, similar body build and similar occupation was enough of a premise for them to be introduced through a collaborative art project. They agreed to monitor transformations […]

About

Yulia Kovanova‘s work aims to investigate the complex relationship between humans and nature. Taking inspiration from the landscape and the world around, Yulia aims to create multisensory interactive experiences exploring movement. Her work is a mixture of painting, printmaking and interactive installations using video.